ASBURY PARK, October 21th, 2021–  On Friday, Garden State Equality Action Fund announced their list of endorsed candidates for the 2021 general election. Each election cycle, Garden State Equality Action Fund chooses to endorse candidates based on their support for their mission of lifting up the diverse voices of LGBTQ+ communities through education and advocacy to advance the movement for equality in New Jersey and nationally. 

“On behalf of our 150,000 members across the Garden State, we work closely with leaders in Trenton to ensure the communities we serve experience lived equality. Throughout our endorsement process, we carefully consider what each candidate will do to help marginalized communities across our state, through schools, healthcare, and much more. We are proud to support these candidates for office in 2021 and look forward to working with them to ensure equality for New Jersey’s marginalized communities,” said Garden State Equality Action Fund Executive Director Christian Fuscarino.

Assembly Endorsements

LD-1

John Capizola, Jr.

LD – 2

John Armato

Don Guardian

LD – 3

Adam Taliaferro

John Burzichelli

LD – 4

Paul Moriarty

Gabriela Mosquera

LD – 5

William Spearman

William Moen

LD – 6

Louis Greenwald

Pamela Lampitt

LD – 7

Herb Conaway, Jr.

Carol Murphy

LD – 8

Mark Natale

Allison Eckel

LD – 9

Wayne Lewis

LD – 10

No endorsement

LD – 11

Joann Downey

Eric Houghtaling

LD – 12

No endorsement

LD – 13

No endorsement

LD – 14

Daniel Benson

Wayne DeAngelo

LD – 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson

Anthony Verrelli

LD – 16

Roy Freiman

Sadaf Jaffer

LD – 17

Joe Danielsen

LD – 18

Robert Karabinchak

Sterley Stanley

LD-19

Craig Coughlin

Yvonne Lopez

LD – 20

Annette Quijano

LD – 21

Elizabeth Graner

Anjali Mehrotra

LD – 22

Linda Carter

James Kennedy

LD – 23

No endorsement

LD – 24

No endorsement

LD – 25

No endorsement

LD – 26

No endorsement

LD – 27

Mila Jasey

John McKeon

LD – 28

Ralph Caputo

Cleopatra Tucker

LD – 29

Eliana Pintor Marin

Shanique Speight

LD – 30

No endorsement

LD – 31

Angela McKnight

LD – 32

Angelica M. Jimenez

Pedro Mejia

LD – 33

Annette Chaparro

Raj Mukherji

LD – 34

Thomas Giblin

Britnee Timberlake

LD – 35

Shavonda Sumter

Benjie Wimberly

LD – 36

Clinton Calabrese

LD – 37

No endorsement

LD – 38

Lisa Swain

P. Christopher Tully

LD – 39

Karlito Almeda

Melinda Iannuzzi

LD – 40

No endorsement

 

Senate Candidates

LD – 1

No endorsement

LD – 2

Vince Mazzeo

LD – 3

Stephen Sweeney

LD – 4

Fred H. Madden

LD – 5

Nilsa Cruz-Perez

LD – 6

James Beach

LD – 7

Troy Singleton

LD – 8

No endorsement

LD – 10

Emma Mammano

LD – 11

Vin Gopal

LD – 13

Vincent Solomeno

LD – 14

Linda Greenstein

LD – 15

Shirley Turner

LD – 16

Andrew Zwicker

LD – 17

Bob Smith

LD – 18

Patrick Diegan

LD – 19

Joe Vitale

LD – 20

Joseph Cryan

LD – 21

Joseph Signorello

LD – 22

Nicholas Scutari

LD – 25

No endorsement

LD – 26

Christine Clarke

LD – 27

Richard Codey

LD – 28

Ronald Rice

LD – 29

M. Teresa Ruiz

LD-30

Dan Stinger

LD – 31

Sandra B. Cunningham

LD – 32

Nicholas J. Sacco

LD – 33

Brian Stack

LD – 34

Nia Gill

LD – 35

Nellie Pou

LD – 36

Paul A. Sarlo

LD – 37

Gordon Johnson

LD – 38

Joseph Lagana

LD – 39

Holly Schepisi

 

Governor

Phil Murphy

 

Local Elections

Ed Potosnak, Council Member, Franklin Township

Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor, Hoboken

Alexander Mirabella, Union County Commissioner

Steven Tanelli, Bergen County Commissioner

Tracy Silna Zur, Bergen County Commissioner

John Kashwick, Town of Clinton Common Council

Anthony Paradiso, Town Council, Waldwick, Bergen County

Bridget Kelly, Bergen County Clerk

Michael Beson, Monmouth County Commissioner

Steve Fulop, Jersey City Mayor

Jake Hudnut, Jersey City Council

Jim Doyle, Hoboken City Council

Emily Jabbour, Hoboken City Council

Joe Quintero, Hoboken City Council

Steve McIntyre, North Plainfield Council

Suezette Given, North Plainfield Council

 

Openly LGBTQ Candidates:

Garden State Equality Action Fund believes that it has a responsibility to share with our members a list of LGBTQ self-disclosed candidates, whether or not they received an endorsement. We encourage our members to support all LGBTQ candidates who support our community:

 

Kate Triggiano, Red Bank City Council

TC McCourtMorris County Commissioner

Don Guardian, New Jersey Assembly

Vincent Solomeno, New Jersey Senate

Ed Potosnak, Council Member, Franklin Township

Shannon Cuttle, Maplewood & South Orange Board of Education

John Kashwick, Clinton City Council

Steve McIntyre, North Plainfield Council

Marty Weber, Barnegat Council

Mariana Pontoriero, Brick Twp Council

Caitlin Giles McCormick, Flemington City Council

Chris Sheridan, Rochelle Park Committee

A.J. Oliver, Morris County Commissioner

Daniella Mendez, Dover Board of Education

Anthony Paradiso, Waldwick Town Council

Jake Hudnut, Jersey City Council